# Tennessee HB 0964: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 8, relative to school safety.

Tennessee HB 0964, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 8, relative to school safety., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2025-05-15 (Comp. became Pub. Ch. 448) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 0964
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 8, relative to school safety.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-05
- Last action: 2025-05-15, Comp. became Pub. Ch. 448
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 9
- Subjects: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 6 (74 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Aftyn Behn (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Scott Cepicky (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rick Eldridge (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: T.J. Hardaway (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Renea Jones (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bo Mitchell (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: William Slater (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bryan Terry (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: White

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-21 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR &amp; RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-17 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 11 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-17 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE | pass | 27 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-31 | House | HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE | pass | 12 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-25 | House | HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE | pass | 18 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-04 | House | HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 6 | 0 |   |

## Actions (28)

- 2025-05-15: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 448
- 2025-04-21: Comp. SB subst. (House)
- 2025-04-21: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-04-17: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025 (House)
- 2025-04-17: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2025 (House)
- 2025-04-17: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee (House)
- 2025-04-17: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House)
- 2025-04-16: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2025 (House)
- 2025-04-09: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025 (House)
- 2025-04-09: Placed behind the budget (House)
- 2025-04-02: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/9/2025 (House)
- 2025-04-02: Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-04-01: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-03-31: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House)
- 2025-03-26: Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/31/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-25: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee (House)
- 2025-03-19: Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/25/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-18: Action def. in Education Committee to 3/25/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-12: Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/18/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-11: Action def. in Education Committee to 3/18/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-05: Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/11/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-04: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee (House)
- 2025-02-27: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-02-26: Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/4/2025 (House)
- 2025-02-11: Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-02-10: P2C, ref. to Education Committee- Government Operations for Review (House)
- 2025-02-06: Intro., P1C. (House)
- 2025-02-05: Filed for introduction (House)

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0448.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB0899.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0964.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0448.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB0899.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0964.pdf)

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- [HB 0489: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Titl…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0489-2025-2026)
- [HB 0162: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0162-2025-2026)
- [SB 2733: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 8…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2733-2025-2026)
- [SB 2702: AN ACT to amend Chapter 154 of the Private Acts of 1955; as amended by Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2702-2025-2026)
- [SB 2690: AN ACT to make appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2690-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0964-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).
